Conservation & Environment News - Week 27/11/07 - 03/12/07

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Plants 'could withstand' warming - BBC News 27/11/07

Crops could be developed to withstand the impact of global warming, Edinburgh University scientists have said.

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50 years on: The Keeling Curve legacy - BBC News 02/12/07

It is a scientific icon, which belongs, some claim, alongside E=mc2 and the double helix. Its name - the Keeling Curve - may be scarcely known outside scientific circles, but the jagged upward slope showing rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere has become one of the most famous graphs in science, and a potent symbol of our times.

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Wind Turbines and Warning Shots - Greenpeace International 03/12/07

Indonesia — Governments meet in Bali this week to agree an action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stop climate change from inflicting severe impacts. The Rainbow Warrior is in Indonesia to add urgency to our call for climate action. Our activists have received vastly different reactions – on the one hand, they joined in a festive celebration calling for clean energy now, and on the other hand hung a banner at a coal plant as security guards fired shots in the air.

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Key climate summit opens in Bali - BBC News 03/12/07

Governments at a key UN climate summit will discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the current Kyoto Protocol targets expire in 2012.

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Time to stop the climate blame game - BBC News 03/12/07

As a key UN climate change conference gets underway in Bali, Malini Mehra says the current global political system is "abysmally unfit for purpose". In this week's Green Room, she calls for nations to stop playing the blame game, and work together to deliver a low carbon global economy.

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Planning bill could fast track environmental harm - RSPB Online 27/11/07

Developers will be allowed to gloss over environmental concerns if the planning bill is not strengthened, the RSPB believes, following publication of legislation today.

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Government 'must try harder' on water - RSPB Online 28/11/07

Government must try harder to tackle problems such as flooding, pollution and waste, with the coming year offering a real opportunity to change the way we value, manage and invest in water.